national park
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1.5
- noun
- /ˈnæʃənl pɑrk/
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parque nacional
- The national park is home to many endangered species and offers visitors a chance to experience nature.
- protect national parks
- national parks and wildlife
- national parks and nature
And after two days in a National Park, I felt so much better.
- And after two days in a National Park, I felt so much better.
- Acadia National Park and Theodore Roosevelt National Park, both with familial ties.
- So I'm here at Araki National Park with clear.
- Anyways, it's the same thing as hunting deer in our national parks.
- I mean, I have been reading a lot about the history of Yosemite and also the history of the National Park system in the US.
- I've gone to, you know, Grand Teton National Park, I've gone to North Korea, I've gone to Hawaii, I've gone to the Great Wall of China.
- However, Banff National Park coming out of your dryer is not possible.
Examples
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On vacations, he goes to national parks where he climbs or paddles through white water.
Fiction book (1992) -
Write letters to the national park service and request maps about your favorite national park.
Academic text (1992) -
And after two days in a National Park, I felt so much better.
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This is a national park.
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Well, this is a national park.
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And we drove into this national park.
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Soon afterward, it became a national park, the first such park east of the Rocky Mountains.
Academic text (1993) -
It's a National Park that's only a couple of hours north of San Francisco.
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So in Seville, for instance, we spent an entire day with a bird watching guide on a National Park on the West Coast of Spain.
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Hualien County contains two national parks, two national scenic areas, and many natural reserves and forest recreation areas.
Academic text (1999)
How Protected
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Surface Forms
Morphology
national + park
The meaning is directly compositional: 'national' (relating to the national government) modifies 'park' (a protected or recreational area), so a learner who knows both words can infer an area protected/managed by the national government. This modifier+noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English compounding, making the expression immediately transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
National park comes from two simple words: park once meant a large, fenced area for animals or for people to enjoy, and national means owned by the whole country. When governments began to set these places aside so nature was 'protected' and the 'public' could visit, they called them national parks, so today the phrase means land the country keeps safe for nature and people.